Feb 02, 2006 - Sale 2065

Sale 2065 - Lot 286

Price Realized: $ 1,265
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
UNITED STATES. Journal of the Second Session of the Senate of the United States. Folio, modern boards, retaining portions of earlier boards; minor foxing; early owner's signature on title (Christopher Ellery.) New York: Fenno, 1790

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Includes information respecting several important bills passed by the First Congress, including those relating to the first census, treaties with Indians and moving the seat of government to Philadelphia. This copy belonging to Christopher Ellery (1768-1840) a nephew of Signer William Ellery and a Senator from Rhode Island who served from 1801-05. This copy with the pagination corrected to pages 222-4. Evans 22982.